The Alpha's Fated Outcast: Rise Of The Moonsinger by Ejiofor Dorcas

168 The weight of choices…

Miriam

The late afternoon sun hung low in the sky, casting long shadows across the festival ground. Laughter echoed from nearby stalls as staff and servants continued to move about, making finishing touches to every arrangement.

Beneath it all, Jeremy’s words echoed in my head, causing my blood to boil.

“What did you just say?” I asked.

“I said,” he repeated icily, “Tell your daughter to stay away from my son. This has gone on long enough and I won’t take it anymore.”

I spun on my heels, my eyes blazing with anger. “Stay away? Are you serious, Jeremy? After everything, do you still want to play this game? Grow up, already. It’s been years. They love each other. Why can’t you just let them be?”

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A bitter laugh escaped his throat. “Why must it always be me who sacrifices, Miriam?” His eyes darkened with old pain as he shot back. “Haven’t I given enough? I sacrificed everything for you. My son rotted in the dungeon for four years–four years to prove his love for Lyla! And how does she repay him?”

“That’s enough!” I shouted, my voice matching my fury. My chest heaved as I glared at him, my hands trembling. “Lyla didn’t ask for any of this! She never wanted your sacrifices, your son’s grand gestures, or his twisted sense of duty. All she ever wanted was a normal life!”

Jeremy stepped closer, his massive frame towering over me. The hatred in his eyes made my wolf want to recoil, but I stood my ground. “I was ready to give up everything for

you, Miriam,” his voice dropped to a dangerous whisper. “Everything. I was ready to accept all your baggage, all you mistake. I forgave you more times than I have ever forgiven anyone, but you chose him

over me”

I flinched, my heart pounding in my chest. I knew where this was going, but I couldn’t stop it.”

a snarl. “And you had to do that to me? You betrayed me, Miriam. You threw me away as if I meant

mate…”

as I struggled to hold my ground at the weight

wasn’t like that-”

justify it. I loved how karma served you so well, Miriam. If not

tears streamed down my face. My breath hitched as I stared at him, my

no right to bring up the past like this, to dredge up old wounds and use them as weapons. I made my choices; Jeremy and I took responsibility for them and I’ve lived with the consequences

weight of

tightly. “She’s

You’ve never understood. This isn’t about us, Jeremy. This is about

looked up, speaking quietly but with finality. “You think you’re protecting her, but you’re only delaying the inevitable. Secrets have a way of surfacing Miriam. And when they do, she’ll hate you for it. When she hears of her mother’s escapades…” he scoffed and continued “I wonder what the Moon Goddess saw

but you were never intentional with me. We met not once, Jeremy, but several times. You always hesitated, then you went on all those stupid trips and left me alone…and by the time you

to be the apprentice to the High Priestess. You were supposed to wait for me… it was just one fucking trip, Miriam. You think I didn’t see women who loved me too? I wanted to be fucked as much as you did? Is it because I respected you… I respected your virtue as a Sigma and fucking waited and

anything. Years after we reconnected, and I found out Logan was your Alpha. I came clean. I told

he thundered, his voice echoing with rage, making the birds scatter from nearby trees. “You were still sleeping with him! You cheated on me

cracked and for a fleeting moment, raw

passed between us, I was ready to accept you again because my feelings never changed. Do you even know the things you made me do for that love…” he

again as I looked at him through blurry

his breath hot against

Why did you make me believe

Micim. I was heartbroken…” his voice cracked. “Would it

care for me even a

to speak, but Jeremy didn’t let

already broken heart, Miriam, and I can’t forgive you for

The weight